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« on: July 30, 2004, 10:36:28 AM »

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A forum for geeks for geeks who like forums


Shouldn't it be "A forum for geeks who like geek forums"?
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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2004, 10:39:56 AM »

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A forum for geeks for geeks who like forums


Shouldn't it be "A forum for geeks who like geek forums"?

I think they were trying to sound 'geeky'.
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« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2004, 10:41:37 AM »

"A forum for geeks who like forums."
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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2004, 10:42:10 AM »

That's what it used to be.  I just noticed that it's different now.
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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2004, 11:16:53 AM »

Maybe Chris is trying to get more hits on the word "geek" ?
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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2004, 06:09:36 PM »

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Maybe Chris is trying to get more hits on the word "geek" ?


I can see his logic behind that. It makes perfect sense.

But then, how many people do you know who would type in 'geek' in a search engine?
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2004, 06:37:55 PM »

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I can see his logic behind that. It makes perfect sense.

But then, how many people do you know who would type in 'geek' in a search engine?


*Looks at the number of posts that people have made saying "I googled for geek forum..."* Quite a few it seems.
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